Zero tolerance policy?

I try to do stuff like that but I can never keep it up. Good luck though, I hope it works for you.

Hi Valentine, glad you having progress because I think I have tried almost everything and have had very little success with a few things. These are the things I have tried with progress and some success: breathing meditation and letting tension release in stress holding parts of my body like in some kind of falling sensation, single-minded focus on something positive, aerobic exercise when I get the adrenaline rush to pick, journelling using my iphone when ever I am mindful and discover an idea or neg belief that favors the picking, as to the physiological side, I take chamomile tea to calm the nerves, about 3 garlics to decrease the adrenaline rush at nite esp when I get a very strong urge to pick, if a certain small spot itches I add cayenne pepper it causes a burning sensation, I do a detox with apples for the liver, limon water mix with olive oil, and lots of water, I cut off all yeast, all sugar and other stimulants of the nervous sys like coffee, but even though I can control it a bit when I am in an idle state I give alot of consciousness to the pick, I really am not mindful yet of my specific emotional pain is causing me to distract with my skin I was thinking lately but not a 100% sure that it is from low self-esteem, since it seems all psychological issues arise from that even the lack of confidence and depression, what do you think?

my skin picking has decreased enormously, like its veryyy rare if I even touch my skin, what I realized is to deal with this thing it's not just willpower and being positive, but getting on a diet, like cutting out stimulants of the nervous sys be it foods or chemicals, and eating foods that lower your adrenaline, cortisol and radicals, which all come from anxiety and depression, and while on the diet, try pursue and doing all the things you ever wanted to do, this will help with the depression, and you probably already know about anxiety, thinking positive, exercise, breathing exercises etc, so this has helped me alot, so tackle it both ways psychologically and physically, because change in perspective doesn't happen in the blink of an eye so that's why its good to get on a diet, hope it helps in some way:) don't give up because of this slip you have made alot of progress because even though the new ways you trying to adapt to are not strong enough yet compare to your old ways of thinking and behaving, the progress is still there in you, so be persistent, you will get stronger.